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Eating Crayfish

Went down the river without my little distracting friend and caught a nice big batch of crayfish.
Boiled them up in some salted water for about 6/7 minutes and they were delicious. Thought they might taste a bit muddy out of the river but once the gut is removed you are left with lovely clean tasting [...]

Catching Crayfish

Took Sophie down to the river today for some cray fishing.
The river near us is teeming with the American “Signals” so it didn’t take to long to grab some little monsters.
Our high tech equipment inculded a plumb line I found in a draw with some bacon tied to it, plus a cheap fishing net we [...]

Stuck in an Elevator for 41 Hours

The New Yorker currently has a fascinating article about elevators/lifts called “Up and then Down”….trust me it’s more interesting than it sounds.
The article also tells the sad tale of Nicholas White who was trapped in a New York elevator for fourty-one hours, including an interesting time-lapse CCTV video of his ordeal.

A Very Cthulhu Christmas

All I want for christmas is a cuddly Cthulhu.

The great priest of the old ones of R’lyeh he of abject terror, horror and revulsion spoke of in the Necronomicon is quite cute in soft toy form.
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn

Remember Remember…

…the 5th of November, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot.
As its that day again, a short documentary for your viewing pleasure.

This Week I Am Mostly Reading…

Found this while shopping in Galloway & Porter, a lovely cheap bookshop in Cambridge where I can always be found when I’m visiting Cambridge.
Its a rather disturbing collection of short stories tied together with an overall plot about writers being invited to a three month writing retreat. I’m not convinced by the plot holding it [...]

Mmmmmm Cocaine…..

Yaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy…..

…………Demonoid is back up.
The best site for interesting torrents. If I know you and you ask me nicely I’ll send you an invite.

Last Week…

…I was mostly on holiday in the Peak District.
Very beautiful it is too although slightly damp and cold due to some unseasonal weather
Matlock Bath is utterly bonkers. They appear to have created a seaside in the middle of a load of hills, next to a river. Time stopped there around 1950. Nice but [...]